Wow! I have never owned a good knife set before and I have really been missing out! This set is fantastic! Every knife in this set is sharp and cuts so well.  I now have a knife for every thing I could possibly need to cut, slice, and dice!   The fact that it has a sharpener in with the knife holder is incredible.  It makes it so easy to quickly and safely sharpen your knives as soon as this start to get dull. The sharpener is easy to use. I have never sharpened a knife before so at first I was a bit nervous, but this makes the process easy.  I am very impressed by this knife set.